CSTR EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
Name the bones of the skull Correct Answer Parietal x 2, Frontal, Sphenoid, ethmoid, Occipital, temporal x 2
What injury would cause Racoon eyes? Correct Answer Basal skull fx, Frontal fx
What are signs of a basal skull fx? Correct Answer Frontal - racoon eyes, Middle Fossa - CSF leak, Posterior - battle signs
What are diffuse intracranial Injuries? Correct Answer Concussion, shear injury, DAI, Anoxic brain injury
What are focal intracranial Injuries Correct Answer Contusion, Epidural, Subdural, Intraparenchymal - Focal meaning in one place.
What symptoms should you look for in head injuries? Correct Answer Confusion, combative, altered cons, obtunded, posturing
Define decoritate Correct Answer Posturing arms folded into chest
Define decerebrate Correct Answer Posturing with limbs extended
Where can definition of trauma patient be found? Correct Answer
The Orange Book or American College of Surgeons: "Resources
for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient"
ACS inclusion criteria begins with injury codes and these three criteria? Correct Answer 1. Hospital admission; 1 / 2
- Patient transfer via emergency medical services transport from
- Death resulting from the traumatic injury
one hospital to another hospital; or,
What is the trauma registry log? Correct Answer The Registry Log contains a listing of each change, or update to the Registry software. It is to include the specific changes, software upgrades, and any changes that are made to the user defined fields, additions and deletions, along with the date of each event.
What is data presentation format? Correct Answer The way that the viewer wishes to view the result of the data compiled. The format identifies how the data is to be displayed such as paper, website, dashboard, PowerPoint presentation, etc.
What are types of presentation formats? Correct Answer Tables and graphics
What are types of graphic presentation? Correct Answer Bar graphs, pie charts, line graphs, control charts, dashboards, spreadsheets, scatter grams, pareto chart, radar chart, tree chart
What does a bar graph show? Correct Answer Horizontal or vertical bars proportional to the values of the data. These are used for quick comparison of information.
What does a pie chart show? Correct Answer Show proportions of a whole or percentage of a whole.
What does a line graph show? Correct Answer Line connecting data points in a sequential order to show a trend over time.
What does a control chart show? Correct Answer Used to observe performance by studying variation over time and monitors if a process is within control or out of control limits using
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